South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was due to deliver a tribute to the late Jesse Jackson at his Celebration of Life in Chicago on Saturday. President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Saturday deliver a tribute at the private funeral of US civil rights leader,Rev. Dr Jesse Jackson.
Ramaphosa arrived at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport on Friday and will deliver his tribute during the Private Homegoing Celebration at the Rainbow Push Coalition headquarters at 10am local time (6pm South African time). This follows Jackson’s public funeral service, which was held at the House of Hope church in Chicago on Friday. Ramaphosa has expressed his deep sadness at the passing of Rev.
Jesse Jackson’s irrepressible campaigns against apartheid and his support for the liberation struggle was a towering contribution to the global anti-apartheid cause,” the Presidency said in a statement on Saturday. In 2013, Jackson was awarded South Africa’s National Order of the Companions of OR Tambo in Silver for dedicating his life to challenge societies and governments to recognise that all people are born equal, and that everyone is in equal measure entitled to life, liberty, prosperity and human rights.
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